I grew up as a Methodist and every Ash Wednesday we would go to church and the pastor would paint crosses of ash on our foreheads. We waved real palm branches on Palm Sunday and paraded giant purple banners on Easter. The Methodists, like the Catholics and other traditional denominations, have some deeply rooted spiritual [...]
Easter

Easter played a trick on me this year. It came early, and I was unsuspecting. Just today I sat lamenting that we haven’t dyed anything, learned the words to “Old Rugged Cross,” or opened the devotional plastic eggs with miniature symbols inside. Winning the “Easter Mom of the Year” will not be on the resume. [...]